Wall-seat.



A. M. PREISE.

WALL SEAT.

APPLICATloN mm Nov. 5. 1925.

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WALL SEMl Mmc/mon FILED Nov. 5. 1915.

lntvutedSvpt, 19, 1916.

2 SHEETS-'SHEET 2` ALBERT M. FREISE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

WALL-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

Application tiled November 5, 1915.' Serial No. 59.797.

To 1U whom i/fmoy muriera:

Be it known that l'. Animar M. Fernse, a citizen ot the United States. residing ,at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State oi California. have invented een tain new and useiiil Improve-ments in Wall- Seats, of which the following is a. specifica tion.

This invention relatos to iinprovenients in that type of foldable wall seats disclosed in my previous patent for wall seat, No. 1,132.004, granted lilarch 1G. "isir, the object of the present device.I however, being to provide a simpler and, therefore, more easily and cheaply manutartured article.

While the foregoing is one of the nlain features of this device, from a strae'tiiri'il standpoint the essenee or' my inventimi lies in the peculiar Connections intermediate the seat -ineinbe' and its roiperating harl: eiement and those intermediate the latter and its snpport suoli that, firstly, a quick or ready disengagement of the first mentioned connections is possible, for the purpor-ies hereinafter to be more fully explained, and that, secondly, the back will have viniparteld to it a movement into the housing,r provided for the seat construction and into an inoperative position lying dirertly adjacent to the seat element aforesaid.

A still further object is to provide nieans which in one direction of movement of the seat positively artiiates the bark to direntit into proper operative position and which in the other direction of movement guides said bark into its inoperative position.

These and such other objects as may horeinafter appear are attained by the novel oon- .strnctiorn combination. and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and rlainied. f

Reference will now he had to the zirconipanying drawings forming a part of this `speritiration. wherein:

figure 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of my invention in unfolded operative position. Fig. i) is a vertical sertional view showingr the seat in folded or rlosed position. Fig. 3 is a similar sertional view showing the seat in open operative position and in dotted lines the position into which the bank member maiY be raised for access to the interior of the seat easing and' rear of the seat. Fig. 4 is a vertical sertlonal view with the seat sections in a partially raised position7 prelinnnary to told ings. similar; parts are referred to by likel reference dharaclers.

The snbliect inatter of this invention, as will readily be nnderstood by those skilled in the a r1, to which said invention refers is susceptible ot being eonstrueted as a unit or distinri device capable olf application to walisorothersimilar supports liyexterioror interior attachment as may be desired. fin its preferred embodiment whirh is disclosed in the. drawing it is :i unitary strin'ztnre but it is .within the purview of thisl invention that the easing element may be dispensed with and the foldable seat members, together with their cooperative elements applied to a wall by insetting.r in said wall and attaching' the parts to tbe wait shielding or plaster surfaces. However, the nnnngral i designates a, Casing for housing: the seat ineniliei's hereinafter more partir-nimh do srribed. said easing' being; provided witi face trame pieces :2. 5", and fl. i, This easing is designed to be inserted into :i wall and fastened between the stndding thereof in :in v well known manner:r and as particularly shown in Figs. l and L) or' the drawing. To the lower Cross piene 3 is pivotallv roniieeted a seat member or section. 5 hinged adjarj-,ent to its inner end as at (i, said seat section be ing; of a size rorresponding to the front opening oi' the easing l and ronstituting. as in my previous patent. a rlosnre for .said opening when the seat is iii its closed inop erative position. The seat member 5 is adapted to be swung.r in a ver-tival plane and when swung down vardly its rear extremity f'oaets with an inner horizontally disposed cross piece T which tornis the main support for sustaining weight as when a person is seated upon the seat member. To the rear .Portion of the seat section 5 is attaehed a Cross piece or eleat 9 which is designed priniarily to prevent the .seat section from splitlungalll fluidi' n;

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i 11l"" wm hurting 'li m i H Tm' "tlgilf; @falaise-tion 1T stopping (in had center lli devilfable to obtain accesste' the interior of the casing 1 either for the purpose of paintingr the rear end of the seat and the inner walls or for the purpose, of access to the conl nections for thev back member, under which conditions 1t 1s only necessary to dis-engage,

the projections 13 of the lower end of the back section 12 from the. slots 14 of the connecting men'ibers 9 whereupon th 1 lower cnd of the back section may be raised to a position shown in dotted lines in Fic. I. fA-fnedom ofMmovementor disconnection of thv; lower end of the hack section from the.

seat section permits the npper'end of the back section to drop dowinvardly as permitted by the slotted links 17 and then the back section may be entirely withdrawn from the casing 1 by outward movement `of the, back section.

It will be obvious that the seat section will assume its complete closed position and maintain such position when and as long as the weight of the back section parts is rearward `of the hinge connections (l, and lilcel wise the parts will assume their open position automatically when the weight is brought forward of the-hinge connection just mentioned..v

It will be apparent from the Jforegoing description that a very simple one-operation seat of a foldablc character is provided and one which may he readily manufactured cheaply where such construction may be desired. l

It will be understood, of course. that. slight changes in the details of construction and arrangement ofparts ma y bc made within the.. spirit of the. invention and within the scope of the appended claims.

l-laving thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

l. A foldablc seat of the class described comprising, in con'ibination, a, support, a seat section pivotally attached thereto, a back section operatively connected tothe. seat section, a shift-able connection intermediate the back section and the support, stop means for limiting movement of thc, scat section and sustaining the. same when in its downjV wand swung position, and stop means carried by the support and adapted to bey inipinged by the upper portion of the back section to limit forward movement of the same and to prevent bouncing of the scat when the latter is dropped into contact with its stop means aforesaid.

A 2. A foldable seat of the class described' comprising.

This

comprising, in combination, a support, a seat section pivotally attached thereto, a hack section operatively connected to the scat section at one end, a connection intermediate the other end of the back section and the support for directing movement of said lau-la .section under actuation of the sent section, and means on the support adapted to cooperate with the. back section for controlling action ot' the connection aforesaid.

il. A foldable, seat ot' the class described in combination, r`a support, a `scat section attached thereto and arranged to swing in a verticalplanc, a back section operativel \r connected to the Seat Section for actuation thereby. and a contact member on the support with which the back` section iinpiugcs for directing' said section into operative position.

l. foldable seat of the class .described comprising, in combination, a support, a scat section attached thereto and arranged to swing in a vertical plane, a back section opcmtively connected to the seat section for actuation thereby. and a guide member onl the support adjacent to the back sect-ion arranged to engage the latter when the seat is swung into inoperative position for' directing the back section into its relative inoperative posit-ion.

o. l'oldablc scat of the class described connn'ising1 in combination, a support, a scat section attachedthercto and arranged. to swing in al vertical plane, a back section operatively connected to the scat section for actuation thereby, and a cam member disposed in the path ot' movement of the back section for positively throwing the back into operative position when the scat is swung in one. direction and for guiding the back section into inoperative positionV when the :wat is swung in the opposite direction.

u. A toldablc seat ot the classdescribcd comprisingein combination, a casing, a seat section bingcdly connected to the Casing at an intcrinedi.-ite point in the length of said section, a rca r cxtcnsion'on the seat-'projecting into the casing. a back section pivotally connected to thc seat section intermediate the length of' the latter, link members pivotallv connected to the top portion of lthe back section and similarly.connected to the casing to cause torwa rd and rearward movement ol` the. back section under actuation by the seat section, and stop means on the casing adapted to be impinged by the rear extension ot' the scat section for 'limiting its movement` T. A ioldable seat of the class described coinprising, in combination, a support, a scat section pivotally attached thereto? back section operatively connected at one end to the seatsection for actuation ther link member pivotally connect-edi to other end of the seat section and te 'sn )ort for directinfr'rearward movement ot the back section. :ind means associated with the bark jseetion lfor `preventing the linlcl from .stopping on dead center. 1 folfhible .seat of the elassrdeseribe romprising. in rombinatioina support; a. .iene ysi-rtion pivotnlly :attachedthereto, a bark-r :section operatively connected at one end to lthe seat sei'tion for actuation therelnzaflinlc member pirotally Connected to the other end of ,the seat section and to the. support for direetxngr rearward movement otthevlmelc section. and means on vthe snp port for .shitting the bnc-k section forwardly on the pivot eonneetion'of `the link with the support (hiring,` donmvard movement of thel seatseetion. Y

SJ. Affoldahle seat of the @hiss described eolnprising.in combination, a support, .a sent' seetion pivotally attached thereto, a

bark sertion operatively connected at one end to the seat section for actuation thereby.

a linkmeniber. pivotnlly connected to the other end ofthe seat-section und to the .snpport for lireet1iig rearward movement of the bat-lc seetiom'nieanson the support for shifting: the 'nach 'section forwardlyon the pivot.- eonneetion of the link with the snp'- portduringy downward movementof the seat seetion, and vStop means for limiting morement of tlie'lmek' section.

y10. fr foldnble seat of the elaiss described eoinprising.' in combination@easing, a sent vmember pivotally attached to theweasing. :i

baek member movible AAinto the casing and connected tothe seat member for actuation thereby, and coii'neetingxnezins intermediate the-impor end of the back member andthe envsing-`for direetingvsaid end inwardlyor outwardly ot the casing, sind eonnecting niean'sbeing shittnbly Connected with the `easing to permit movement of said means with the bnc-l; member. I l1. foldnble seat of the class described comprising. in combination7 n easing. n sont member pivotnlly attached to the easing, :i buck member lmovable into the easing und connected to the ,sont member for actuation thereby, a slotted link pivotallyconnected to the upper portion of the bzreli member, and pirotlmennsaon the easing engaging into the slot. of Said link.

12..' folthible seat of the class deseri-bed ci'xmprisinfj-.jin Aeombirnition, n easing, a seat member. ivotally attached to the easing, a ba'qse on movable into the casing andv connected to the seat member for actuation whereby the. connection for said end may be temporarily broken ilf'to pei-init the back to be raised avv-ay from the seat.

14. In :r foldible'seat" of the class deseribetbfa seat seetion adapted to swingk into extended operetire; und" closed' inoperativev positions. alla@ section..v operatively conmeans earriedklr4 one of said menib'ers. and means on the.otheij/member removably intei-locking with'the oonneeting means. -I

15. In Ya, foldzible"seat ofthejelass de-y scribed. a sent seet in `:1dapted to swing into extended operative?1` zuildglelosed `inoperative positions, a biklse" ion operatively connected therewith at? Y member attaehedpto one'ofsrid members neeted therewith' at one end, connecting al Connecting und having anl open slotgg and pivotvnieans on the other of." id inenibers'fengage ble in the. slot aforesni( oop back and sent ,bienV tbox 1 6. In n" fol'dablefse i" scribed, the' combination of lief elass` -de- .section7 n eonne'ctionffforisaid ba'ol section to the easing and arranged in lio'rly thereof, and means]deltiiohably' .eo neetixg the other end of the .bael section/to t'lie'Seat `sectionwherebyto vpertnitfraising''of the back sectionand movement--o `said lsection mitwnrdly of the czisingforaecess to the in terior of thee-using.-

17. A wall seat of the class-described coinprising inv Combination aeasing, a seat mein y Y. sing, `a sent' sectionA pivotnlly onnected tliereto,"' :rubriek ber pivotally connectedv therewith, a back member operalily Connected tothe seatfor movement into and ont-f the easing incr dental to movement of the'seat, and stop means carried' by the back limiting outward In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ALBERT itt-REISE.

.movement of the back and permitting said 1.10 {back to be entirely projected froin'the easing. 

